Battle of Vientiane
The Battle of Vientiane was the decisive action of the 1960 Laotian coups. Fought between 13 and 16 December 1960, the battle ended with General Phoumi Nosavan winning control of the Kingdom of Laos with the aid of the Royal Thai Government and the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Vientiane was left devastated by the fighting, with about 600 civilian dead, about the same number of homes destroyed, and 7,000 left homeless. The losing Forces Armées Neutralistes under Captain Kong Le retreated onto the strategic Plain of Jars, to begin an uneasy coexistence with the Pathet Lao and the invading People's Army of Vietnam.
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Battle of Vientiane
The Battle of Vientiane was the decisive action of the 1960 Laotian coups. Fought between 13 and 16 December 1960, the battle ended with General Phoumi Nosavan winning control of the Kingdom of Laos with the aid of the Royal Thai Government and the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Vientiane was left devastated by the fighting, with about 600 civilian dead, about the same number of homes destroyed, and 7,000 left homeless. The losing Forces Armées Neutralistes under Captain Kong Le retreated onto the strategic Plain of Jars, to begin an uneasy coexistence with the Pathet Lao and the invading People's Army of Vietnam.
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The Battle of Vientiane was th ...... ment in the Laotian Civil War.
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Forces Armées Neutralistes
Pathet Lao
Royal Lao loyalists
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* Phoumi Nosavan gains control of theKingdom of Laos
* TheForces Armées NeutralistesofKong Leretreat to the Plain of Jars
Decisive victory forPhoumi Nosavan
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Four 105mm howitzers, twenty-fiveBorder Patrol Police
Six 122mm mortars, four 105mm howitzers; five battalions invaded Laos from the north
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Loyalist forces capture Vienti ...... hemselves in the Plain of Jars
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Bataillon Parachutistes 1
Bataillon Parachutistes 2
Bataillon Volontaires 21
Bataillon Volontaires 32
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Five battalions
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The Battle of Vientiane was th ...... ding People's Army of Vietnam.
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Battle of Vientiane
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